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The Bluetooth protocol handler must be disabled or not installed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22539 GEN007660 SV-39507r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Bluetooth is a personal area network (PAN) technology. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the kernel to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.
STIG Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-38422r1_chk )
If there is no Bluetooth protocol handler for the system, this is not applicable.

Bluetooth is not currently available for the AIX 5 and AIX 6 platforms and is therefore not applicable.
Fix Text (F-26143r1_fix)
Configure the system to prevent the dynamic loading of the Bluetooth protocol handler.